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United States Patent | 5,131,757 |
Smith | July 21, 1992 |
Mixing apparatus comprising a pair of detachable, spaced rings,--one having inlet passages skewed in a direction to cause clockwise rotation of the exiting fluid, and the other skewed in an opposite direction to cause counter-clockwise rotation thereof, to cause shear action and intense mixing of fluid therebetween. Pairs of mixers may be arranged in different relative positions in either an open or closed body of liquid to effect mixing of effluent therein.
Inventors: | Smith; William H. (McMurray, PA) |
Assignee: | Hazleton Environmental Products Inc. (Hazleton, PA) |
Appl. No.: | 666137 |
Filed: | March 7, 1991 |
Current U.S. Class: | 366/165.5; 261/44.8; 261/118; 366/173.2 |
Intern'l Class: | B01F 015/02 |
Field of Search: | 366/163,165,167,177,150,173,174 261/118,64.1,44.8,76,DIG. 75 |
1275032 | Aug., 1918 | Huene | 261/64. |
2022957 | Dec., 1935 | Drovin | 261/64. |
4019720 | Apr., 1977 | Levesque et al. | 261/DIG. |
4043766 | Aug., 1977 | Gernhardt et al. | 366/165. |
4085463 | Apr., 1978 | Wilson | 366/336. |
4164541 | Aug., 1979 | Platz et al. | 261/76. |
4398827 | Aug., 1983 | Dietrich | 366/165. |
4647212 | Mar., 1987 | Hankison | 366/165. |
4954147 | Sep., 1990 | Galgon | 366/165. |
5004484 | Apr., 1991 | Stirling | 261/DIG. |
5011293 | Apr., 1991 | Roop et al. | 366/173. |